An unsuspecting Dewsbury mum handed over cash and jewellery worth £4500 to a man posing as an undercover police officer after a fraudster tricked her into thinking it would be taken away for "safe-keeping".

In fact the scam was part of a wider West Yorkshire conspiracy masterminded by manipulative Bradford fraudster Zain Khan, 31, who was jailed in September at Leeds Crown Court for five years for similar offending.

Bradford Crown Court heard today (Fri) that back in 2017 Khan used his brother-in-law Adnan Qureshi, 33, as "a foot soldier" to collect cash and jewellery from frightened victims at homes in Bradford and Dewsbury.

Prosecutor Howard Shaw said in April 2017 Qureshi, of Blythe Avenue, Bradford, turned up at a house in the city after a woman had received a telephone from a man claiming to be a police officer.

The man said the family were in danger and advised her to hand over any cash or jewellery for safekeeping.

"He indicated that an undercover police officer would attend at the house and he would be dressed in black," said Mr Shaw.